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murdoch is 80 now. i think from everything we know of rupert murdoch though, he is -- he never likes being backed into a corner. he never likes yielding to external pressure. he will do this very much on his own terms. so that nobody, at the senior level inside his organization except for a very tight circle expected him to kill off "news of the world" this week. which as i say was a paper that launched him on the world stage. this was a very dramatic decision taken with his son james murdoch to not just fire a few rogue journalists but close the whole thing down. sunday will be the last edition this title prints. so he is still a very extraordinary, compelling, very interesting figure in media. only a matter of months ago he launched the first tablet newspaper in the united states. so he's still relent lesly pushing forward. certainly true the scandal has dragged him back to the market where he has been a very hands on he would roll his sleeves up, get his fingers inky as he held the hot metal sheets f
murdoch is 80 now. i think from everything we know of rupert murdoch though, he is -- he never likes being backed into a corner. he never likes yielding to external pressure. he will do this very much on his own terms. so that nobody, at the senior level inside his organization except for a very tight circle expected him to kill off "news of the world" this week. which as i say was a paper that launched him on the world stage. this was a very dramatic decision taken with his son james...
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whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the consumer bureau consolidating into one place, that is 80% true. it consolidates them into one bureau. there is additional authority that it will have, and that is to supervise and regulate what are called non-bank financial firms. those are financial firms that do not take deposits. payday lenders, mortgage originators, that kind of thing. the principal was very simple. in the run-up to the financial crisis we had essentially what became known as the shadow banking industry. this was the mortgage factories that existed outside the deposit banks that turned up some bad mortgages and led to the crisis. what you
whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the consumer bureau consolidating into one place, that is 80% true. it...
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i have known walter ever since the '70s when he was working for rupert murdoch. i left cambridge and was in london at dreaming up one day becoming a blogger in america. [applause] contrary to walter's new book -- it says that right now walther is the only man in washington who is making [unintelligible] [applause] i also loved his biography on henry kissinger, partly because he was the first man to reassure me when i moved to new york that having an accent was not a problem. [laughter] he said to me you can never underestimate the complete advantages of utter in copper and stability. -- and copper instability. -- incomprehensibility. i was in london when the phone hacking scandal started. it is amazing to see two things. first of all, how old fashioned an incredibly irrelevant the debate between old media and new media is. 168 years on paper. an incredible institution in the british press that was acting in ways that would have been utterly disgusting coming from anywhere in the immediate universe. it is new media that played a huge part in bringing the news of t
i have known walter ever since the '70s when he was working for rupert murdoch. i left cambridge and was in london at dreaming up one day becoming a blogger in america. [applause] contrary to walter's new book -- it says that right now walther is the only man in washington who is making [unintelligible] [applause] i also loved his biography on henry kissinger, partly because he was the first man to reassure me when i moved to new york that having an accent was not a problem. [laughter] he said...
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on rupert murdoch, he is all over the newspapers. "the financial times" this morning has this front-page photograph from the media conference. the move to cauterize u.k. hacking affair. this is what other headlines look like. besides this, and has a chart that connects the players, including the conservative party prime minister of britain who had hired one of the former editors of the news of the world as his communications chief, has since departed the post. he has the dots connect it with who is connected to home. "globe and mail" in canada, hacking scandal kills u.k. tabloid. from great britain, "the guardian," which has been very much involved in this scandal and reporting on it. the scandal that close the "news of the world." this woman right here, news international chief executive -- to quit. coulson to be arrested today -- the person i mentioned, who had been the newspaper editor, formally, and that of david cameron, prime minister director of communication. a lot going on in great britain with ramifications globally because
on rupert murdoch, he is all over the newspapers. "the financial times" this morning has this front-page photograph from the media conference. the move to cauterize u.k. hacking affair. this is what other headlines look like. besides this, and has a chart that connects the players, including the conservative party prime minister of britain who had hired one of the former editors of the news of the world as his communications chief, has since departed the post. he has the dots connect...
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murdoch, his son james and ms. brooks are set to testify before a parliamentary inquiry tomorrow. you can hear it live at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines. >> had ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have and now this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-span for a rare glimpse inside the library of congress. we will take you into the great hall and explore the main reading room. unique books and rare books and special collections including original books from thomas jefferson's personal collection. but we will see how the library is using modern technology to discover hidden secrets and preserve its holdings for future generations. join us for the library of congress tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. host available on television, radio, online and social media networking sites. fine air content any time through seas and video library. -- find our content any time through c-span video library. it is washington, your way, the c-span network now available and more th
murdoch, his son james and ms. brooks are set to testify before a parliamentary inquiry tomorrow. you can hear it live at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines. >> had ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have and now this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-span for a rare glimpse inside the library of congress. we will take you into the great hall and explore the main reading room. unique...
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they do not like rupert murdoch. they do not like his politics. they do not like the politics at fox. the editor said -- of course they are reveling in it. as is their right, by the way. i understand that. when your enemy is in trouble, pals. host: let's go for some questions. >> i was wondering if you believe that coverage by the media is more constructive or destructive when it comes to covering political decisions in campaigns. host: your opinion? >> i think that media influences the public's opinion and the public is not always properly informed and it may be destructive in a way. guest: it is a very complicated in a way, and it may be a long answer. i will say a couple of things. almost all of the information that we receive about the world is filtered through the press. there is a sensor there. the preconceived notions and flaws of people gathering the news. i would say the bad things are news. good things are not. we have all of these calls from outraged readers -- why is there all of this depressing stuff on page one? my editor told me onc
they do not like rupert murdoch. they do not like his politics. they do not like the politics at fox. the editor said -- of course they are reveling in it. as is their right, by the way. i understand that. when your enemy is in trouble, pals. host: let's go for some questions. >> i was wondering if you believe that coverage by the media is more constructive or destructive when it comes to covering political decisions in campaigns. host: your opinion? >> i think that media influences...
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rupert murdoch gave an interview to his own newspaper in the u.s., "the wall street journal." this is from london. he said he wanted to address " some of the things that have been addressed in parliament, some of which are total li es." host: he and his son will be testifying next week. employees targeted victims of september 11 attacks. the fbi has opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that employees hacked into phones of 9/11 victims. host: that is from the papers today. open phones. north carolina, carroll, a republican. caller: my question is to the lady that was just on in dealing with immigration. she said that we all were -- we were not illegal. if you expect people to obey the law when they are in the united states, you first have to make them abide by them. not livey the do among us breaking laws. as far as the gentleman, mr. carter, i'm not going to call these people representatives because they do not represent anything i put them there for. the people, we want texas on people that are rich -- g.e. made $40 billion and made no taxes. they have no problem vot
rupert murdoch gave an interview to his own newspaper in the u.s., "the wall street journal." this is from london. he said he wanted to address " some of the things that have been addressed in parliament, some of which are total li es." host: he and his son will be testifying next week. employees targeted victims of september 11 attacks. the fbi has opened a preliminary inquiry into allegations that employees hacked into phones of 9/11 victims. host: that is from the papers...
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chairman rupert murdoch and his son james will testify in the house of commons about the allegations on tuesday. there will be joined by rebekah brooks who resigned last week. on sunday, she was arrested and questioned about her knowledge of phone hacking and police bribery at news of the world. live coverage and 9:30 a.m. eastern. the house rules committee met to debate deficit-reduction legislation that the republicans are calling cut, cap, and balance. president obama has issued a veto threat for the measure. it requires congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution as a condition for raising the federal debt ceiling. the full house will pick up the legislation to more appeared to technical problems, we rejoin our coverage in process. >> i think it rose red meat to the extreme right wing of the republican party. over the last several weeks, the white house and congressional leaders from both parties have been in negotiations, trying to figure out a way to get by this impasse. here we are getting close to the day, and rather than trying to figure out how to come
chairman rupert murdoch and his son james will testify in the house of commons about the allegations on tuesday. there will be joined by rebekah brooks who resigned last week. on sunday, she was arrested and questioned about her knowledge of phone hacking and police bribery at news of the world. live coverage and 9:30 a.m. eastern. the house rules committee met to debate deficit-reduction legislation that the republicans are calling cut, cap, and balance. president obama has issued a veto...
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they do not like rupert murdoch. they do not like his politics. they do not like the politics at fox. the editor said -- of course they are reveling in it. as is their right, by the way. i understand that. when your enemy is in trouble, pals. host: let's go for some questions. >> i was wondering if you believe that coverage by the media is more constructive or destructive when it comes to covering political decisions in campaigns. host: your opinion? >> i think that media influences the public's opinion and the public is not always properly informed and it may be destructive in a way. guest: it is a very complicated in a way, and it may be a long answer. i will say a couple of things. almost all of the information that we receive about the world is filtered through the press. there is a sensor there. the preconceived notions and flaws of people gathering the news. i would say the bad things are news. good things are not. we have all of these calls from outraged readers -- why is there all of this depressing stuff on page one? my editor told me onc
they do not like rupert murdoch. they do not like his politics. they do not like the politics at fox. the editor said -- of course they are reveling in it. as is their right, by the way. i understand that. when your enemy is in trouble, pals. host: let's go for some questions. >> i was wondering if you believe that coverage by the media is more constructive or destructive when it comes to covering political decisions in campaigns. host: your opinion? >> i think that media influences...
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you think what's happened with murdoch with england right now. if you're indebted to the media and giving them billions of dollars, is there some kind of comment you can make about that? and what states, are there any model states that have the best public financing, what are the levels, fields that you could look at as a model? >> host: thanks, caller. >> guest: i'll start with the last first. one of the models i think is the most interesting is new york city, it's not a state but it is a very good model. it has -- i think it's something like a five or six-to-one match for small donor contributions. it's been a fairly robust system. it's had a fair amount of participation. now, all that being noted, you know, you have a mayor in new york that spent i think it was something like, i don't know, $60 million of his own money or whatever. but at least you have a competitive system. and so i think that system as a model is one that i would point to. as for the somewhat interesting relationship between politicians and the media, i have worked on kind o
you think what's happened with murdoch with england right now. if you're indebted to the media and giving them billions of dollars, is there some kind of comment you can make about that? and what states, are there any model states that have the best public financing, what are the levels, fields that you could look at as a model? >> host: thanks, caller. >> guest: i'll start with the last first. one of the models i think is the most interesting is new york city, it's not a state but...
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and a discussion regarding rupert murdoch. and on sunday, a woman was arrested and questioned about her knowledge regarding the phone hacking. this will be on c-span 3 and 9:30 a.m. eastern. and he republicans are calling " a piece of legislation cut, cap, and the balance. congress must pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. that is according to president obama. due to technical problems, we will rejoin our coverage in progress. future congresses will have to make tough decisions. it does not mandate one way or the other that the social security or medicare gets cut. it is disingenuous to suggest that this plan cuts entitlements. >> if i could respond to that question. i can assure you they were not going for this kind of twisted version of a constitutional balanced budget amendment. this is an effort to manipulate the constitution to stack the deck in certain ways. it has two devices to do that. one is to require a supermajority vote to raise revenue. the other device is putting on this 18% cap. these are not i
and a discussion regarding rupert murdoch. and on sunday, a woman was arrested and questioned about her knowledge regarding the phone hacking. this will be on c-span 3 and 9:30 a.m. eastern. and he republicans are calling " a piece of legislation cut, cap, and the balance. congress must pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. that is according to president obama. due to technical problems, we will rejoin our coverage in progress. future congresses will have to make tough...
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whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the consumer reau consolidang into one place, that is 80% true. it consolidates them into one bureau. there is additnal authority that it will have, and that is to supervise and regulate what are called non-bank financial firms. those are financial firms that do not take deposits. payday lenders, mortgage originators, that kind of thing. the principal was very simple. in the run-up to the fancial crisis we had essentially what became known as the shadow banking industry. this was the mortgage factories that existed outside the deposit banks that turned up some bad mortgages and led to the crisis. what you said is
whether it is fox news or murdoch or wherever. that is where he thinks he's a support should go, not for the american people. host: you are a republican? caller: i became a republican at oxford university. having seen what i have seen in the past few months in particular, there is no way that republicans will get my vote in the near future. guest: it sounds like you have some interesting things to say. what you said about the consumer reau consolidang into one place, that is 80% true. it...
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we're looking at that rupert murdoch testimony happening in the uk. see you tomorrow morning at 7:00. between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. fudge, for five minutes. ms. fudge: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to address bills pending on -- who were already signed into law in 45 states that will disenfranchise voters. these bills will prohibit address changes at the polls, end volunteer run voter registration drives, end same-day voter registration and limit absentee voters to cap their ballot. photo identification requirements, just this month the ohio state legislature passed and the governor signed into law one of the most draconian voter measures in the nation. ohio's house bill 194 invalidates a vote where a voter properly marks the ballot in support of a particular candidate but also w
we're looking at that rupert murdoch testimony happening in the uk. see you tomorrow morning at 7:00. between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. fudge, for five minutes. ms. fudge: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to address bills pending...
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hacking by british journalists, including the upcoming produce committee hearing tomorrow, with rupert murdoch, his son james, and rebekah brooks. the house is expected to kick up a measure today that will allow churches to merge their pension funds with other funds. still expecting the house to come in later today at 6:30 eastern for a vote. live on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators," robert mcdowell on the fcc actions this week to begin cracking down on on authorized charges on phone bills. that and other news from the s.e.c. tonight on "communicators." >> with titles like "slander" and "demonic," ann coulter has something to say. you are invited to treat the syndicated columnist for three hours, starting at noon eastern, live on c-span to. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is washington journal, connecting with elected officials, policy makers, and journalists. weekdays, watch the u.s. house. also, supreme court oral arguments. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview program. on saturdays, the communicators. on sunday
hacking by british journalists, including the upcoming produce committee hearing tomorrow, with rupert murdoch, his son james, and rebekah brooks. the house is expected to kick up a measure today that will allow churches to merge their pension funds with other funds. still expecting the house to come in later today at 6:30 eastern for a vote. live on c-span. >> tonight on "the communicators," robert mcdowell on the fcc actions this week to begin cracking down on on authorized...